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Champions keep playing until they get it right.
Billie Jean King
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American
-
Athlete
Born:
November 22
, 1943
Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
Billie Jean King
Sports
,
Play
,
Feels
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
Billie Jean King
Sports
,
Champions
,
Keep
A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.
Billie Jean King
Success
,
Everyone Else
I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.
Billie Jean King
Think
,
The Most Important
Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
Billie Jean King
Sports
,
Atmosphere
,
Violent
I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.
Billie Jean King
Say
,
Lot
Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
Billie Jean King
Victory
,
Forever
,
Fleeting
I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
Billie Jean King
World
,
Always
,
Tournaments
I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.
Billie Jean King
Think
,
I Think
,
Cares
Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.
Billie Jean King
May
,
Everyone
,
Lives
Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.
Billie Jean King
Hit
,
Ball
,
Going
Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.
Billie Jean King
Old
,
Knew
,
Allowed
It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional.
Billie Jean King
Leader
,
Side
,
Very
In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
Billie Jean King
Father
,
Woman
,
Could
Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.
Billie Jean King
Sad
,
Men
,
Get
A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.
Billie Jean King
Fall
,
First Time
,
Very
When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we've really and truly arrived. Parity at last!
Billie Jean King
Equality
,
Reach
,
Last
It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.
Billie Jean King
Celebrate
,
Differences
,
Need
I wanted to use sports for social change.
Billie Jean King
Sports
,
Social
,
Wanted
In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports.
Billie Jean King
Okay
,
Seventies
,
Acceptable
I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour.
Billie Jean King
Sexuality
,
Talked
,
About
The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
Billie Jean King
Game
,
Very
,
Main Thing
Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.
Billie Jean King
Sports
,
United States
,
Still
It's fun to meet people from throughout the world who you don't have to explain yourself to.
Billie Jean King
World
,
Meet
,
Explain
No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.
Billie Jean King
Changes
,
World
,
Obsessed
I will tell you King's First Law of Recognition: You never get it when you want it, and then when it comes, you get too much.
Billie Jean King
Law
,
Will
,
First Law
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